I can confidently report that your parcel is on its way. I cannot, with any confidence at all, predict when it will arrive, or by which route it will travel, so try not to get too excited just yet. I was a little (a lot!) late in loading up the sleigh, and sending the parcel on its way.

The only thing I can guarantee is that, although it is plentiful around here and an integral part of our local history, you will not be getting a lump of coal.

So, it is possible, but improbable, that you will get your parcel in time for Christmas, but more likely that you will be opening it as you declare your resolute intentions to have a wonderful new year. Unless it goes the long, long way around and then, who knows when it will arrive? Lots of Christmas traffic jams to negotiate, even for sleighs in the sky.